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Like many mid-sized cities, Hartford often seems to have an inferiority complex. But one thing the city does not need to feel inferior about is its collection of late 20th- and early 21st-century buildings designed by some of the nation's leading Modern architects. The list is long and includes buildings by Richard Meier, I.M. Pei, Robert Venturi, Cesar Pelli, Wallace Harrison and Kevin Roche. Hartford Seminary, completed in 1981, is the creation of Richard Meier, a winner of the coveted Pritzker Prize. The three-story building, with its gleaming white porcelain exterior, is quickly identifiable as the work of Meier. The striking building stands like a beacon on a green lawn in the...

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